NFL Week 14: NBC uses flex option for the first time

The NFL announced today that NBC, for the first time this season, has exercised its “flex” option for the first time this season and will opt out of the Patriots-Seahawks game on Dec. 7.

Instead, NBC will have the Beltway battle between the Redskins and Ravens in Baltimore mored into the 8:15 p.m. slot. The Patriots-Seahawks game now will be played at 4:05 p.m. and be shown regionally by CBS.

Unfortunately, Capital Region fans of the Patriots and Bills likely will not see their teams in Week 14. WRGB (Ch. 6) has only one game, and it likely will go with the Jets-49ers at 4:05 over the Patriots-Seahawks and Dolphins-Bills (in Toronto), also in the 4:05 time slot.

Those are the only time changes for Week 14. Here are the revised schedules for the next two weeks: